Locking-ring for wheel-rims.



R. s. BRYANT. LOCKING RING FOR WHEEL RIMS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 6, 1907.

Patented Mar.9,1909.

WITNESSES: Richard S. Bryant 11v VENTOR.

RICHARD S. BRYANT, OF COLUMBUS,

FM COMPANY, OF.;.COLUMBUS, OHIO,"A

CORPORATION OF OHIO.

nos-ante non mar-awe.

No. Oil/M381.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9,1909.

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To all whom it may concesm':

Be it known that 1, Brennan 5. BRYANT,

a, citizen of the United States, residing at Golumbus, in the county of Franklin and .for VVheel-Rims, of which the following is State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locking-Bangsa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in locking rings for wheel rims, especially rims provided with detachable flanges, held in place by an outward springing locking ring having a channel adapted to receive a down turned flange on the rim body, and adapted to prevent lateral displacement of the tireretaining flanges, and relates especially to the inventions disclosed in my pending aplication, Serial No. 270,218 and my Patent 1 0. 841,619.

My improvement comprises means for securing one end of the locking ring while the same is being positioned upon the rim,

so that when the ring is in locking position,

. videdfor stationin is positioned is brought midway of the opendevice between its ends,

ing between the ends of the ring.

The objects of my invention are, therefore, to provide means for positively holdin one end of the lockin ring while it is being manipulated into ocking position,

also to assure its being positioned for the reception of the docking and properly without further manipulation of said ring after it has once been placed in locking position.

.With these and other objects in view,

'which will be more fully described hereinafter, I refer to the accompanyin drawings, which are hereby made a part or the specification, in whici Figure 1 is a portion of a wheel containing my device, Fig 2 is a transverse section offa rim with tire-retaining flanges in place, showingthe lug used to accomplish the present purposes, Fig. 3 is a transverse sec:

and upon the lug,

ferentially,

opposi 'w end 'tion of a rim having my improvements;

Fig. 4: is a perspective of a portion of the locking ring having a notch therein; Fig. 5 is a perspective of the locking devices adapted to be positioned between the ends of the locking ring.

In the drawings, in which the same numerals indicate identical parts throughout, 1 is a wheel provided with the rim 10 having the oppositely turned flanges thereon, one indicated at 13, the' tire-retaining flanges 1-1 and 12 adapted to be positioned upon the rim in the manner clearly set forth in my pending application No. 270,218. The tire 2 is adapted to be placed upon the rim in engagement with the tire-retaining flanges l1 and 12, whereupon the lockingring 3 is sprung into engagement with the OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRYANT STEEL WHEEL AND I rim body as shown in Fig. 3, the'shorter arm of the ring engages with the downturned flanges on the rim and the longer arm. being adapted to extend radially on the outer side of therim to points above the upper surface of the same, and against which longer arm the flange 12, When the tire is in position, will normally engage, and be held thereby against lateral removal. The ends of the locking ring are beveled as shown in Fig. 1, and a clip 4: having preferably the triangular face 9, the channel 8, and the flange 7, and provided with the opening 6 therethrough to receive the lug"5 dependingfrom the rim body, is adapted to occupy the space between. the ends of the locking ring thereby compelling the same into a closer engagement with the rim.

On the under side of the rim body, adjacent the downturned flange thereon, and also adjacent the depending lug 5 thereon, is a lug 1a which may be of any desired size and shape, and is located upon the line of contact of the shorter arm of the locking ring with the under face of the rim body. Adyacent the end of the locking ring is provided a'notch 15 to receive the lug 1d as shown in Fig; 3; it is apparent that so long. as the lug 1s positioned in the notch, the locking ring, cannot. be removed circum- )1) it may be sprun either inorv lateral y Therewardly or outwardl fore, lithe and of tile locking ring be @081: tioned upon the lug, one hand of the oper-x ator may maintain the engagement with said lug, while the other handjmay grasp the of the fihgandmanipulate the same into engagement with the-downs turned flange throughout its circumference";

in order' to position the ring properly it may be necessary not only to spring the same inwardly but also laterally. If the lug and notch are properly located upon the rim and ring respectively, it will be found that when the ring is placed upon the downturned flange on the rim body, the clip 42 may be positioned upon the lug 5, and

, pushed upwar'dlythereon into place between' comes necessary to remove and easily and with the type of the ends of the locking ring without further positioning of said ends. I therefore make the positioning of the locking ring a positive matter, render it much more easy to position thesame, and render unnecessary any circumferential movement of said ring in order to accommodate the locking device which is secured in place upon a lug depending from the rim body. When it bea tire in service, it is requisite that the same be done quickly locking ring shown herein it is very desirable to provide some means for making the positioning of the same positive, so that when the manipu lation necessary to seat the ring is comof the wheel rim body, a notch in said locking ring adjacent an end thereof to engage said projection to hold said rmg against comprising a projection on the under face i circumferential movement while the latter is. being -manipulated into proper locking position upon the rim body; I

2. A locking device for detachable tireupon the rim body.

cation of a clasp member to secure the same 3. A locking device for detachable, tireretaining flanges for automobile wheels comprising a split expansible lock ring having a recess adjacent one end thereof, a flange on said rim body with which said ring is adapted to engage, aclasp member, a lug on the rim body adapted to engage in said recess to hold said ring against circumferential movement while the same is being sprung into position upon the rim body, whereby the ends' of said lock ring are located at the point desired for the application of said clasp member. v

v In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. RICHARD S. BRYANT. Witnesses:

GEO. W. RIGHTMIRE,

A. RAGER. 

